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Scatter due to interaction of photons with the imaged object is a fundamental problem in X-ray Computed Tomography (CT). It manifests as various artifacts in the reconstruction, making its abatement or correction critical for image quality.…

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This paper provides a fast and patient-specific scatter artifact correction method for cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) used in image-guided interventional procedures. Due to increased irradiated volume of interest in CBCT imaging,…

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We previously demonstrated near-field speckle scanning based x-ray imaging to be an easy-to-implement phase sensing method capable of providing both high sensitivity and high resolution. Yet, this performance combination could only be…

Medical Physics · Physics 2017-06-21 Sebastien Berujon , Eric Ziegler

Comparing different algorithms for segmenting glass fibers in industrial computed tomography (CT) scans is difficult due to the absence of a standard reference dataset. In this work, we introduce a set of annotated scans of short-fiber…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-01-07 Tomasz Konopczyński , Jitendra Rathore , Thorben Kröger , Lei Zheng , Christoph S. Garbe , Simone Carmignato , Jürgen Hesser

The introduction of consumer RGB-D scanners set off a major boost in 3D computer vision research. Yet, the precision of existing depth scanners is not accurate enough to recover fine details of a scanned object. While modern shading based…

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We present a full-sky derivation of weak lensing observables in the Post-Friedmann (PF) formalism. Weak lensing has the characteristic of mixing small scales and large scales since it is affected by inhomogeneities integrated along the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-09 Hedda A. Gressel , Camille Bonvin , Marco Bruni , David Bacon

Limited-angle computerized tomography stands for one of the most difficult challenges in imaging. Although it opens the way to faster data acquisition in industry and less dangerous scans in medicine, standard approaches, such as the…

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In computed tomography (CT), metal implants increase the inconsistencies between the measured data and the linear attenuation assumption made by analytic CT reconstruction algorithms. The inconsistencies give rise to dark and bright bands…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-08-07 Sungsoo Ha , Klaus Mueller

Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) offers advantages over conventional fan-beam CT in that it requires a shorter time and less exposure to obtain images. CBCT has found a wide variety of applications in patient positioning for…

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Weak lensing by large-scale structure is an invaluable cosmological tool given that most of the energy density of the concordance cosmology is invisible. Several large ground-based imaging surveys will attempt to measure this effect over…

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Low-dose CT has been a key diagnostic imaging modality to reduce the potential risk of radiation overdose to patient health. Despite recent advances, CNN-based approaches typically apply filters in a spatially invariant way and adopt…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-27 Lu Xu , Yuwei Zhang , Ying Liu , Daoye Wang , Mu Zhou , Jimmy Ren , Jingwei Wei , Zhaoxiang Ye

Scatter signals can degrade the contrast and resolution of computed tomography (CT) images and induce artifacts. How to effectively correct scatter signals in CT has always been a focal point of research for researchers. This work presents…

Medical Physics · Physics 2025-01-10 Guiyuan Lin , Shiwo Deng , Xiaoqun Wang , Xing Zhao

Deep learning models for pulmonary disease screening from Computed Tomography (CT) scans promise to alleviate the immense workload on radiologists. Still, their high computational cost, stemming from processing entire 3D volumes, remains a…

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It is demonstrated that non-constant kernel solution, that can fit the spatial variations of the kernel can be obtained with minimum computing time. The CPU cost required with this new extension of the image subtraction method is almost the…

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Computerized tomography (CT) has been used for decades by medical professionals to detect and diagnose injuries and ailments. CT scanners are based on interesting physics, but due to their bulk, cost, and safety, hands on experience with a…

Physics Education · Physics 2021-01-28 Vincent Daley , Owen Paetkau , Mark Paetkau

The application of ionizing radiation for diagnostic imaging is common around the globe. However, the process of imaging, itself, remains to be a relatively hazardous operation. Therefore, it is preferable to use as low a dose of ionizing…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-01 A. Demir , M. M. A. Shames , O. N. Gerek , S. Ergin , M. Fidan , M. Koc , M. B. Gulmezoglu , A. Barkana , C. Calisir

Low-dose tomography is highly preferred in medical procedures for its reduced radiation risk when compared to standard-dose Computed Tomography (CT). However, the lower the intensity of X-rays, the higher the acquisition noise and hence the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-24 Preeti Gopal , Sharat Chandran , Imants Svalbe , Ajit Rajwade

Weak lensing, which is the deflection of light by matter along the line of sight, has proven to be an efficient method for constraining models of structure formation and reveal the nature of dark energy. So far, most weak-lensing studies…

Accurate image alignment is essential for monitoring crack evolution in structural health monitoring (SHM), particularly under real-world conditions involving perspective distortion, occlusion, and low contrast. However, traditional feature…

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Spectral computed tomography has received considerable interest in recent years since spectral measurements contain much richer information about the object of interest. In spectral computed tomography, we are interested in the energy…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-04 Katrine O Bangsgaard , Genoveva Burca , Evelina Ametova , Martin S Andersen , Jakob S Jørgensen